Maurice Maeterlinck · Albert Einstein Were Maurice Maeterlinck and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Maurice Maeterlinck and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 70 years, from 1879 to 1949. Maurice Maeterlinck was 16 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 70 when Maurice Maeterlinck died, aged 86. Maurice MaeterlinckBelgian playwright and essayistBorn 29 August 1862 · died 6 May 1949, aged 86Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Karl MarxMaurice MaeterlinckAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Maurice Maeterlinck and Albert Einstein in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.